Griffith, D. M., & Cornish, E. K. (2016;2018;). “What defines a man?”: Perspectives of african american men on the components and consequences of manhood. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 19(1), 78-88. What it means to be man is shaped by racial, ethnic, and cultural factors. In this paper, we explore… read more

McGowan, B. L. (2017). Visualizing peer connections: The gendered realities of african american college Men’s interpersonal relationships. Journal of College Student Development, 58(7), 983-1000. I explored how African American college men conceptualized gender within their interpersonal relationships at a traditionally White institution. In interviews using both semistructured and photo elicitation… read more

Dow, D. M. (2016). The deadly challenges of raising african american boys: Navigating the controlling image of the “thug”. Gender & Society, 30(2), 161. Through 60 in-depth interviews with African American middle- and upper-middle-class mothers, this article examines how the controlling image of the “thug” influences the concerns these mothers… read more

Bryan, N. (2018): ‘Playing with or like the girls’: advancing the performance of ‘multiple masculinities in Black boys’ childhood play’ in U.S. early childhood classrooms, Gender and Education, DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2018.1447091 Play is a gendered activity among young children, especially boys. Boys often tend to be more actively engaged in the… read more

Rios, V. M. (2009). The consequences of the criminal justice pipeline on black and latino masculinity. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 623(1), 150-162. Analyses of the criminal justice system have revealed the racialized nature of crime and punishment in the United States. We know… read more

Riegle-Crumb, C., & King, B. (2010). Questioning a white male advantage in STEM: Examining disparities in college major by gender and Race/Ethnicity. Educational Researcher, 39(9), 656-664. The authors analyze national data on recent college matriculants to investigate gender and racial/ethnic disparities in STEM fields, with an eye toward the role… read more

Brooms, D. R. (2017). Black otherfathering in the educational experiences of black males in a single-sex urban high school. Teachers College Record, 119(12) Background/Context: A good deal of research has been written about the problems and challenges facing Black male youth in their educational endeavors, ranging from academic performances, aspirations,… read more

Kinloch, V., Burkhard, T., & Penn, C. (2017). When school is not enough: Understanding the lives and literacies of black youth. Research in the Teaching of English, 52(1), 34. This article discusses findings from two interconnected ethnographic studies on the out-of-school literacy practices of Black adolescent males: 18-year-old Khaleeq from… read more